Kate & Leopold (
2001) | IMDb:
6.4
When her scientist ex-boyfriend discovers a portal to travel through time -- and brings back a 19th-century nobleman named Leopold to prove it -- a skeptical Kate reluctantly takes responsibility for showing Leopold the 21st century. The more time Kate spends with Leopold, the harder she falls for him. But if he doesn't return to his own time, his absence will forever alter history.
Starring:
Meg Ryan
,
Hugh Jackman
,
Liev Schreiber
,
Breckin Meyer
,
Natasha Lyonne
,
Bradley Whitford
How High (
2001) | IMDb:
6.2
Multi-platinum rap superstars Redman and Method Man star as Jamal and Silas, two regular guys who smoke something magical, ace their college entrance exams and wind up at Harvard. Ivy League ways are strange but Silas and Jamal take it in a stride -- until their supply of supernatural smoke runs dry. That's when they have to start living by their wits and rely on their natural resources to make the grade.
Diabolique (
1996) | IMDb:
5.4
The wife and mistress of a cruel school master collaborate in a carefully planned and executed scheme to murder him. The plan goes well until the body, which has been strategically dumped, disappears. The psychological strain starts to weigh on the two women when a retired police investigator begins looking into the man's disappearance on a whim.
Starring:
Sharon Stone
,
Isabelle Adjani
,
Chazz Palminteri
,
Kathy Bates
,
Spalding Gray
,
Shirley Knight
Directed by:
Jeremiah S. Chechik
Beyond Rangoon (
1995) | IMDb:
6.5
Dr. Laura Bowman is a young widow who's unwittingly drawn into political turmoil while vacationing in Burma in the late 1980s. Bowman initially left San Francisco with her sister in an attempt to escape painful memories of her husband and son's violent deaths. But her fight to escape to Thailand could prove just as harrowing.
Starring:
Patricia Arquette
,
U Aung Ko
,
Frances McDormand
,
Spalding Gray
,
Tiara Jacquelina
,
Ann Howard
The Paper (
1994) | IMDb:
6.7
Henry Hackett is the workaholic editor of a New York City tabloid. He loves his job, but the long hours and low pay are leading to discontent. Also, publisher Bernie White faces financial straits, and has hatchet-man Alicia Clark—Henry's nemesis—impose unpopular cutbacks.
Starring:
Michael Keaton
,
Robert Duvall
,
Glenn Close
,
Marisa Tomei
,
Randy Quaid
,
Jason Alexander
Directed by:
Ron Howard
King of the Hill (
1993) | IMDb:
7.3
Based on the Depression-era bildungsroman memoir of writer A. E. Hotchner, the film follows the story of a boy struggling to survive on his own in a hotel in St. Louis after his mother is committed to a sanatorium with tuberculosis. His father, a German immigrant and traveling salesman working for the Hamilton Watch Company, is off on long trips from which the boy cannot be certain he will return.
Starring:
Jesse Bradford
,
Jeroen Krabbé
,
Lisa Eichhorn
,
Karen Allen
,
Spalding Gray
,
Elizabeth McGovern
Beaches (
1988) | IMDb:
7
A privileged rich debutante and a cynical struggling entertainer share a turbulent, but strong childhood friendship over the years.
Directed by:
Garry Marshall
The Killing Fields (
1984) | IMDb:
7.8
New York Times reporter Sydney Schanberg is on assignment covering the Cambodian Civil War, with the help of local interpreter Dith Pran and American photojournalist Al Rockoff. When the U.S. Army pulls out amid escalating violence, Schanberg makes exit arrangements for Pran and his family. Pran, however, tells Schanberg he intends to stay in Cambodia to help cover the unfolding story — a decision he may regret as the Khmer Rouge rebels move in.
Starring:
Sam Waterston
,
Haing S. Ngor
,
John Malkovich
,
Julian Sands
,
Craig T. Nelson
,
Spalding Gray